Bot

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Bot or BOT may refer to:

Sciences

Computing and technology

Chatbot, a computer program that converses in natural language
Internet bot, a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet
- Spambot, an internet bot designed to assist in the sending of spam
Internet Relay Chat bot, a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to IRC as a client
Robot, or "bot", a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks
Social bot, a type of chatbot that is employed in social media networks to automatically generate messages
- Twitter bot, a program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service
Video game bot, a computer-controlled player or opponent
Wikipedia bot, an internet bot which performs tasks in Wikipedia
Zombie computer, part of a botnet

Biology and medicine

BOT, base of tongue, in medicine
Bot, the lesion caused by a botfly larva
Borderline ovarian tumor, a tumor of the ovaries

Places

Bni Ounjel Tafraout, a commune in Taounate Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
Bot, Tarragona, a town in Spain
Bot River, South Africa
Botswana, IOC and FIFA trigram BOT
British Overseas Territories, territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
Bucharest Old Town

People

Ajaw B'ot, 8th century Maya king of the city of Seibal
Ben Bot, Dutch politician
G. W. Bot, Australian printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist
Jeanne Bot, French supercentenarian
Theo Bot, Dutch politician

Brands and enterprises

Bank of Taiwan, a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan
Bank of Tanzania, the central bank of the United Republic of Tanzania
Bank of Thailand, the central bank of Thailand
Blue Orange Theatre, an independent theatre in Birmingham, England
Bolt On Technology, an American software development company
The Bank of Tokyo, a defunct Japanese bank now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Bot, a line of budget desktop PCs manufactured by Alienware

Business

Balance of trade, difference between the monetary value of exports and imports
Build–operate–transfer, a form of project financing

Sports

Bobby Orr Trophy, the championship trophy of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League
Brava Opening Tournament, a football tournament in Brava, Cape Verde

Transportation

Air Botswana (ICAO: BOT)
Bosset Airport (IATA: BOT), in Bosset, Papua New Guinea
Bryn Oer Tramway, a narrow gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814

Other uses

"B.O.T.", a 1986 episode of The Transformers
Bot caste, a Hindu caste of Nepali origin found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
Bot people, or Boto people, a community in Jammu and Kashmir
Bot, short for ubosot, the ordination hall of a Buddhist temple in Thailand
Barn Owl Trust, a charity in Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England
Bon Om Touk, the Cambodian Water Festival